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System Properties Comparison NebulaGraph vs. Sequoiadb vs. Sphinx vs. TinkerGraph vs. Transbase

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NameNebulaGraph  Xexclude from comparisonSequoiadb  Xexclude from comparisonSphinx  Xexclude from comparisonTinkerGraph  Xexclude from comparisonTransbase  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA distributed, linear scalable, high perfomant Graph DBMSNewSQL database with distributed OLTP and SQLOpen source search engine for searching in data from different sources, e.g. relational databasesA lightweight, in-memory graph engine that serves as a reference implementation of the TinkerPop3 APIA resource-optimized, high-performance, universally applicable RDBMS
Primary database modelGraph DBMSDocument store
Relational DBMS
Search engineGraph DBMSRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score2.23
Rank#116  Overall
#10  Graph DBMS
Score0.50
Rank#258  Overall
#41  Document stores
#120  Relational DBMS
Score5.95
Rank#55  Overall
#5  Search engines
Score0.13
Rank#345  Overall
#35  Graph DBMS
Score0.17
Rank#334  Overall
#148  Relational DBMS
Websitegithub.com/­vesoft-inc/­nebula
www.nebula-graph.io
www.sequoiadb.comsphinxsearch.comtinkerpop.apache.org/­docs/­current/­reference/­#tinkergraph-gremlinwww.transaction.de/­en/­products/­transbase.html
Technical documentationdocs.nebula-graph.iowww.sequoiadb.com/­en/­index.php?m=Files&a=indexsphinxsearch.com/­docswww.transaction.de/­en/­products/­transbase/­features.html
DeveloperVesoft Inc.Sequoiadb Ltd.Sphinx Technologies Inc.Transaction Software GmbH
Initial release20192013200120091987
Current release3.5.1, February 2023Transbase 8.3, 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0 + Common Clause 1.0Open Source infoServer: AGPL; Client: Apache V2Open Source infoGPL version 2, commercial licence availableOpen Source infoApache 2.0commercial infofree development license
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC++C++C++JavaC and C++
Server operating systemsLinuxLinuxFreeBSD
Linux
NetBSD
OS X
Solaris
Windows
FreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeStrong typed schemaschema-freeyesschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyes infooid, date, timestamp, binary, regexnoyesyes
XML support infoSome form of processing data in XML format, e.g. support for XML data structures, and/or support for XPath, XQuery or XSLT.nononono
Secondary indexesyes infoNebula Graph internally uses the Key-Value store RocksDB for persistency. The vertices, edges, and their properties are stored as Key while their values are stored as Value. The primary indexes are per Key and secondary indexes are per Value.yesyes infofull-text index on all search fieldsnoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like query languageSQL-like query languageSQL-like query language (SphinxQL)noyes
APIs and other access methodsBrowser interface
console (shell)
Cypher Query Language
GO Object Graph Mapper
Java Object Graph Mapper
NGBatis infoORM framework for NebulaGraph and Spring-Boot
Proprietary native API
Python Object Graph Mapper
Query language nGQL
proprietary protocol using JSONProprietary protocolTinkerPop 3ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary native API
Supported programming languages.Net
C++
Go
Java
PHP
Python
.Net
C++
Java
PHP
Python
C++ infounofficial client library
Java
Perl infounofficial client library
PHP
Python
Ruby infounofficial client library
Groovy
Java
C
C#
C++
Java
JavaScript
Kotlin
Objective-C
PHP
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsJavaScriptnonoyes
Triggersnononoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardingSharding infoPartitioning is done manually, search queries against distributed index is supportednone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesCausal Clustering using Raft protocolSource-replica replicationnonenoneSource-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual ConsistencynoneImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyes infoRelationships in graphsnonoyes infoRelationships in graphsyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDDocument is locked during a transactionnonoyes
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesnoyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infousing RocksDByesyes infoThe original contents of fields are not stored in the Sphinx index.optionalyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesnoyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlRole-based access controlsimple password-based access controlnonofine grained access rights according to SQL-standard
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NebulaGraphSequoiadbSphinxTinkerGraphTransbase
Specific characteristicsNebulaGraph is a truly distributed, linearly scalable, lightning-fast graph database,...
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Competitive advantagesNebulaGraph boasts the world's only graph database solution that is able to host...
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Typical application scenariosSocial networking Fraud detection Knowledge graph Data warehouse management Anti...
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Key customersCompanies from a variety of industries have implemented NebulaGraph Database in production,...
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Market metricsAt our very early stage, NebulaGraph has already received over 10,000 stars on GitHub...
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Licensing and pricing modelsNebulaGraph is open source and free to use under Apache 2.0 license.
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